Campaign 2014 Letter: Warren Tolman will fight special interests

Massachusetts needs a leader in the attorney general's office who can win against powerful special interests: Warren Tolman.

Massachusetts needs a leader in the attorney general’s office who can win against powerful special interests: Warren Tolman.

Tolman has a history of standing up and taking on the tough fights. He fought against Big Tobacco to get cigarettes out of the Statehouse, even over the objections of a chain-smoking Senate president! He did such a good job that the American Cancer Society sent him around to teach other legislators how to win against Big Tobacco.

Now he’s going around the state telling everyone that he’s ready to take on the NRA and I couldn’t be more thrilled because he’ll win. He’s going to mandate smart gun technology on new guns sold in the commonwealth, and they can’t stop him. It’s amazing what we can do with technology today. This technology will prevent anyone other than a gun’s owner from firing it. That means if a kid is playing with a gun, the kid can’t pull the trigger. This will save lives.

Warren Tolman has a great plan to take on gun violence and the progressive track record to back it up. My vote is for Warren Tolman for attorney general in the Sept. 9 primary.